Hello my friends! Thank you SO MUCH for such a successful second BackerKit campaign. This was a project I had in my brain for a long time and I'm so happy we can make it come to fruition. I'm currently working on the surveys and hope to have those out in 2 weeks. We unlocked so many designs so the survey will take me some time to configure!

Charges have already begun processing for the campaign. If your payment fails at first, no worries! You have time to go in and change your card information or update it. Reminder that if don't pay for your pledge, add-ons, or shipping costs, you will not receive your rewards, including the collaboration pins and freebies.

AUGUST 3 - Surveys go out
AUGUST 18 - Surveys close
AUGUST 18 - Completed surveys charged for add-ons and shipping
AUGUST 31 - All items ordered
OCTOBER - All items (hopefully) received
NOVEMBER 15 - Remaining surveys charged for add-ons and shipping
NOV/DECEMBER - Orders packaged and shipping begins
FEBRUARY 28, 2026 - Project fully closed and rewards are no longer provided

I created a few more designs that I will put into the add-ons on the survey to see if we can get those made! I will also add the two designs we didn't unlock during the initial campaign: the Rosy Maple Moth and Mexican Bluewing Butterfly. I also will add two creatures you voted for to see in Victorian or Gingerbread: the penguin and the fox. I think you'll really like the new designs I came up with and hopefully we can pledge for enough of them to get them made!

If you pledged to both Victorian Villages and my partner project Make The Yuletide Gay! you'll receive free pins from both of us. If you pledged for all 6 campaigns in the Pin Kids Collective, you'll receive a free jumbo pin. From me personally, freebies include an early backer sticker, a returning backer sticker, a mailing list subscriber sticker, and a free sticker for ALL backers that we unlocked when we hit $7,500 raised. That's a lot of freebies! In order to receive them all, remember you must have successfully pledged and paid for my campaign and the other campaigns.

I've attached a poll to see what you may be interested in for our next campaign! I have plans to do all of these campaign topics at some point, but I'd LOVE to get your guidance on what you'd like to see from me. If you have any other suggestions, please leave comments as well! I love to hear feedback and really value it from those who are supporting my art.

Please take a moment to follow me on Instagram where I post updates, stories, and other items I make that weren't in the campaign. I post a lot of pictures of my three cats, too, which is the real draw to following along!

Again, I can't thank you enough for all of your support. The BackerKit community is absolutely lovely and welcoming, and I'm very excited to get the ball rolling on putting this campaign into production and getting you your Villages!

XOXO,
Nikki